Sotetsi Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sotetsi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotetsi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1451:373,63933,668
Lesotho41:508,14018,568

Sotetsi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sotetsi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sotetsi is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotetsi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,441,361st most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname Sotetsi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sotetsi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 373,639. In South Africa Sotetsi is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 42 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and Free State, where 14 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 3 percent live.

Sotetsi Last Name Statistics demography

Sotetsi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.53% less than the national average, earning R 74,796 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sotetsie939/
Shotetsi931/
Zsotetsi931/
Sotesi921/
Sotetse868/
Sotitsi863/
Sotetzi861/
Sototsi861/
Sotatshi8036/
Chotetsi8027/
Tjotetsi801/
Sethetsi801/
Sotese771/
Sotehessi751/
Sothisi713/
Zotessi712/
Sootthisai711/
Sotisai711/
Setetse711/
Siotese710/
Sotoishi67267/
Sothisai6747/
Chotesih6736/
Sethetse6710/
Sotatshe675/
Satessio671/
Setetshe671/
Shothezi671/
Szotyosi671/
Sotioshi671/
Soutiese670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sotetsi
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